Government sanctions ₹ 19.5 crore for rescue, treatment and rehabilitation centre for wildlife near Coimbatore

Government sanctions ₹ 19.5 crore for rescue, treatment and rehabilitation centre for wildlife near Coimbatore

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday sanctioned ₹19.5 crore for the establishment of a rescue, treatment and rehabilitation centre (RTRC) for wildlife at Pethikuttai near Sirumugai in Coimbatore district. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests, said the state-of-the-art centre would come up on 53 hectares and would be equipped with modern … Read more

Silkyara tunnel rescue | 5 workers from Bihar return home, 15 from Jharkhand to reach Ranchi today

Silkyara tunnel rescue | 5 workers from Bihar return home, 15 from Jharkhand to reach Ranchi today

Bihar Minister of Labour Resources Surendra Ram felicitates the rescued workers of Uttarakhand’s Silkyara Tunnel upon their arrival at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport, in Patna, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Patna airport was in a celebration mood when five construction workers trapped in the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel for 17 days in Uttarkashi … Read more

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Stalin expresses relief, lauds rescue teams 

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Stalin expresses relief, lauds rescue teams 

As the country heaved a sigh of relief after the rescue of the workers trapped in the Uttarakhand tunnel, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said he is relieved to learn of the successful evacuation of all the 41 workers who were trapped for 17 days. “Heartfelt gratitude to the brave rescue teams and rat-hole miners for … Read more

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse | All trapped workers safe, rescue efforts underway; CM Dhami visits site

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse | All trapped workers safe, rescue efforts underway; CM Dhami visits site

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reviews the ongoing rescue and relief operations after a portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed, in Uttarkashi district, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI All 40 workers trapped after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi are safe … Read more

Morning Digest | 10 civilians dead, 22 army men still missing in Sikkim, rescue operations on; Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists and more

Morning Digest | 10 civilians dead, 22 army men still missing in Sikkim, rescue operations on; Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists and more

A flood affected locality at Singtam, in Gangtok district, Wednesday, October. 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI 10 dead, 22 army men among 82 missing as flash flood wreaks havoc in Sikkim; PM Modi dials CM At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst … Read more

NDRF teams start rescue operations in flood-hit areas of Punjab’s Gurdaspur

NDRF teams start rescue operations in flood-hit areas of Punjab’s Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal said that vehicular traffic on Mukerian bridge has been closed after the Mukerian-Gurdaspur road submerged. | Photo Credit: X/@himan47agg_IAS Several teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on August 16 began rescue operations to evacuate people in several areas in Gurdaspur which were inundated following the release of excess … Read more

7-year-old boy falls into borewell in M.P.’s Vidisha district, rescue operation on

7-year-old boy falls into borewell in M.P.’s Vidisha district, rescue operation on

A 7-year-old boy fell into a borewell in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, and an operation is underway to rescue the child, an official said. The boy, Lokesh Ahirwar, was playing when he slipped into the narrow hole around 11 am at Kherkhedi Pathar village under Lateri tehsil in the district, … Read more

Worker involved in underground drainage work at Madurai buried alive, rescue attempt underway

Worker involved in underground drainage work at Madurai buried alive, rescue attempt underway

The 36-year-old from Erode was working at a depth of 15 feet, when a nearby drinking water pipeline burst, filling the pit with water and causing the loose soil around to cave in The 36-year-old from Erode was working at a depth of 15 feet, when a nearby drinking water pipeline burst, filling the pit … Read more